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Deputyship Order (sometimes referred to as Court of Protection Order)

A Deputyship Order can be applied for where a person has already lost mental capacity and no Enduring or Lasting Power of Attorney was created by them. A person cannot make a Power of Attorney or sign a Third Party Mandate after loss of mental capacity.

What is it?

Deputyship Orders are granted by the Court of Protection where the account holder lacks the mental capacity to run their own financial affairs. The deputy will be authorised to make decisions on their behalf about their financial and property affairs, subject to any restrictions contained in the order.

How can it support?

This order may be appropriate if you care for someone who lacks mental capacity. This might be because of:

Serious brain injury or illness

Dementia

Learning disabilities

It may be appropriate if you need to support someone who lacks mental capacity and there is no Enduring or Lasting Power of Attorney in place.

How to register with the bank

We won’t charge you for registering a Deputyship Order with us.

Please visit or make an appointment with a banking adviser at your local branch. Please bring the original court order with you when you attend. If you don’t have the original you’ll need a copy certified by a solicitor as a true copy of the original on each page of the order.

Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) Appointee

A DWP Appointeeship can be applied for where the adult who is receiving state benefits has already lost mental capacity or is severely disabled to the extent they need help to manage their DWP benefits.

What is it?

A DWP Appointeeship can be granted where the account holder is unable to manage their state benefits. The appointee will be authorised to make and maintain any benefit claims on the mentally incapable adult's behalf.

DWP Appointeeship’s relate SOLELY to state benefits. The DWP Appointee will not have any control over any other funds, income or assets of the mentally incapable adult.

How can it support?

This order may be appropriate when caring for someone who lacks mental capacity or is severely physically disabled and only their state benefits need to be managed. This may be as a result of:

Serious injury or illness

Dementia

Learning disabilities

How to register with the bank

We do not charge you for registering a DWP Appointeeship with us.

Please visit or make an appointment with a banking adviser at your local branch. Pease bring the following documents with you, this will help us speed up the process:

The original BF57 form issued by the DWP or if you do not have this, a recent letter from the DWP, issued within the last 3 months, which is addressed to the appointee and makes reference to them as ‘Appointee for’. The letter must also detail the current address of the person receiving DWP benefits